The International Motorsports Association and multinational sustainability conglomerate Quimera have announced plans to launch a fossil-fuel-free racing series in 2013.
China is the world’s largest motorsport sales market, and Audi has moved in forcefully: Audi will launch a single-make racing series in China in 2012, the Audi R8 LMS Cup.
APR Motorsport has announced its driver line-up for its new Audi R8 Grand Am for both the 2012 Rolex 24 at Daytona and the rest of the Grand Am Rolex Sports Car Series 2012 season.
APR Motorsport, which has been campaigning an Audi S4 as well as a trio of Volkswagens in the Grand Am Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge, has taken a big step up: this Alabama-based team will be bringing a GT3 Audi R8 LM to Daytona in January to race in the Rolex 24 and the rest of the Grand Am Rolex Sports Car series.
The two-car Core Autosport team will be back for the full 2012 American Le Mans Series season, running in the Le Mans Prototype Challenge class with its pair of Oreca FLM-9s.